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Rethinking the extrinsic incubation period of malaria parasites

The time it takes for malaria parasites to develop within a mosquito, and become transmissible, is known as the extrinsic incubation period, or EIP. EIP is a key parameter influencing transmission intensity as it combines with mosquito mortality rate and competence to determine the number of mosquit...

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Autores principales: Ohm, Johanna R., Baldini, Francesco, Barreaux, Priscille, Lefevre, Thierry, Lynch, Penelope A., Suh, Eunho, Whitehead, Shelley A., Thomas, Matthew B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5848458/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29530073
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-018-2761-4